Genome size, karyotype, meiosis and a novel extra chromosome in Torenia fournieri, T. baillonii and their hybrid

Chromosome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 665-672

  Kikuchi, S ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Shiba, T ^b,c   Mii, M ^b   Tsujimoto, H ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome pairing; Extra chromosome; Genome size; Karyotype; Torenia

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; FERTILIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENOME SIZE; HYBRID; KARYOTYPE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; TORENIA; TORENIA BAILLONII; TORENIA FOURNIERI;

ANGIOSPERMS; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, PLANT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MEIOSIS; SEEDS;

TORENIA; TORENIA BAILLONII; TORENIA FOURNIERI;

EID: 33748644035     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-006-1077-y     Document Type: Article

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